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China's stock market crash has got people … – Business Insider

REUTERS/Bobby YipDespite bouncing back today, Chinese stock markets have been in crisis and banks are warning that if efforts to put a floor under the market don’t stick then the turmoil could get as bad as the US crash in 2008 and the debt crisis in Europe in 2012.The main Shanghai Composite collapsed over 30% in the last month, despite repeated attempts by the government to […]

China's Stock Markets Are Collapsing, and the Freak-Out Could Get …

Chinese authorities are scrambling to assuage the fears of panicking investors who have seen their stock holdings plummet in recent weeks, with the country’s markets losing about a third of their value in the last month.Shanghai’s composite index fell nearly 6 percent on Wednesday alone. Shortly after opening, markets across China fell so quickly that trading in more than half […]

Biotech Stocks Sell-Off on China, Greece and Network Outages

Biotech Stocks Could Not Hold the Fort -Global Concerns Mount
Pundits and IT Experts Say Cybersecurity Was Not Breached
We see today that even biotech stocks can sell-off on negative macro sentiment. All of the global news compounded by network issues with United Airlines and the NYSE rattled traders and created a bias toward profit taking. Some market experts say this was more […]

Greece Passes The Stress Baton To China

At the risk of being considered a Pollyanna or a perma bull, of which I’m neither, I think we are going up hard soon.  Now I know said the technicals were in the bulls favor after yesterdays bullish reversal, and they were, but then the most advertised and telegraphed Black Swan happened….China.Greece is still front and center and the NYSE […]

New York Stock Exchange resumes equity trading after outage of …

The New York Stock Exchange halted trading for 3 1/2 hours because of a computer malfunction, forcing traders to route orders elsewhere in a drama that also highlighted the resilience of U.S. market structure.The suspension, lasting from 11:32 a.m. to just after 3 p.m. New York time, dropped the largest U.S. share platform out of the network of trading systems […]

China stock market freezing up as 'panic' selling gathers pace …

SHANGHAI — China’s tumbling stock market showed signs of seizing up on Wednesday, as companies scrambled to escape the rout by having their shares suspended and indexes plunged after the securities regulator warned of “panic sentiment” gripping investors.Beijing, which has struggled for more than a week to bend the market to its will, unveiled yet another battery of measures to […]

New York stock exchange suspends trading after technical glitch …

Traders work on the floor of the New York stock exchange at the start of the trading day on Wednesday. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA
The New York stock exchange halted trading in all securities on Wednesday morning after a “major technical issue”.Related: New York Stock Exchange shut down over ‘technical issue’ – live updates
The exchange posted the news on its website and […]

Chinese Stock Market Rout Continues; Trading Halted in Over Half …

The Chinese stock market meltdown is accelerating despite government intervention and is blowing back to commodities markets, including copper and oil, which are trading down based on concern that the stock market plunge is a harbinger of even more economic weakness. The Financial Times gives a snapshot of today’s downdraft:
China’s central bank stepped up state support for sinking stocks on […]

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Chinese Stock Market …

Nosedive PanicThe crash in Chinese equities continues amid regulators’ talk of panic and irrational selling.Ironically, China has banned the use of terms like ‘equity disaster’ and ‘rescue the market’ in analyst’s reports on the stock market.Over Half of Companies HaltedThe Guardian reports China Stock Markets Continue Nosedive as Regulator Warns of Panic.
Chinese stock markets tumbled again on Wednesday as investors […]

Chinese stock markets continue to nosedive as regulator warns of …

Unlike most other stock markets, where investors are mostly institutional investors, in China, 80% of investors are small retail investors. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images
China’s stock exchange regulator has imposed severe limits on stock market selling, having earlier warned of panic in the market as a range of recent government measures failed to prevent stocks plummeting a further 6%.After 10 minutes of […]